Craig Zendel wrote:
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From: "Marc Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 3:54 AM
Cotty wrote:
On 15/1/05, Marc Davison (home), discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm off to the states tomorrow and whilst I was there I thought I might
try and pickup and Ultrawide/Fisheye for my 10d. From surfing around I
think I've narrowed it down to the Canon 15mm Fish Eye or the Sigma 14mm
2.8 HSM. Aside from landscape type stuff I also want to use it for
shooting Mountain Biking, therefore the speed is quite important.What
are people experiences of either of these two lenses, are there
alternatives I've over looked? Does anyone else out there shoot mountain
biking (or similar), what lenses do you use?
I have the Sigma - it's flares like a hippy if the sun is out so needs
flagging unless you don't mind more time hunched over the computer....
Otherwise, it's not bad for the money. I've adapted a Pentax SMC K 15mm
3.5 to EOS and it doesn't flare anything like the Sigma but that's Pentax
for you - excellent coating. The Canon 14 would be nice.
The sigma 15-30 also flares very badly, it can really make things hard
work. Which points me towards the Canon then I guess. If I can get one
whilst I'm here in Chicago.
Looks like there is plenty of photo potential here judging by what I can
see from my hotel window, have got my Eos5 and 15-30 with me so lots of
real wide angle potential :-)
Marc,
IMO, on the 10D. the Canon 15, easily "de-fished" using Thomas Niemann's
free/donationware -PTLens, produces better results than the Canon 14.
http://epaperpress.com/
Less prone to flare, fractionally less sharp in the centre but way better at
the edges and corners and slightly wider AoV.
It took me a bit of time to get used to previsualising the corrected image,
allowing for the crop. Also, aligning verticals and horizontals, when
important, is not easy.
I would have thought for your purposes a fisheye and software would be
ideal, two lenses in one and a true FF fisheye on your EOS5.
I hadn't thought of de-fishing, I was actually after the full frame fish
eye effect (although I guess it is reduced on the 10d but will still
have some of the distortion?). It certainly looks like the canon is the
lens for me and I'd sooner get a Canon, I've been seduced by the
percieved value for money of some sigma lense before and always been a
little disapointed by the actual performance when I've had them. Flare
certainly seems to be a big problem with wider Sigma, it certainly
limits the use of my 15-30.
HTH
CraigZ
Chicago, at this time of year, are you nuts?
I'm supposed to be here on business, not for pleasure, I didn't realize
befire I booked my trip that today was a public holiday :-)
I can feel the cold seeping through the window of my room!
Marc.
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